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              Culinary art
            
            
              Local restaurants bring visitors to Plymouth all year
            
            
              Bennigan's
            
            
              40441 AnnArbor Road
            
            
              Plymouth
            
            
              (734) 459-8907
            
            
              For more than 20 years, one of the
            
            
              favorites in Plymouth has been the
            
            
              Bennigan's on Ann Arbor Road near I-
            
            
              275, near the clock tower. The popular
            
            
              restaurant attracts diners for both
            
            
              lunch and inner with their wide menu
            
            
              and favorites Monte Cristo and Turkey
            
            
              O'Toole sandwiches.
            
            
              There is something special every
            
            
              day of the week at the restaurant
            
            
              which has a unique approach to All
            
            
              American food. The full bar offers
            
            
              Happy Hour attractions and there is a
            
            
              large bar area with several large TV
            
            
              screens where patrons can relax at the
            
            
              high-top tables and enjoy the friendly
            
            
              atmosphere.
            
            
              The restaurant also features free
            
            
              Wi-Fi.
            
            
              Bennigan's offers many fund raising
            
            
              opportunities for civic and school
            
            
              groups and is always ready to help out
            
            
              the community.
            
            
              They also offer special coupons and
            
            
              discounts through the email club at
            
            
              bennigans.comand onFacebook.
            
            
              Nothing, however, beats a personal
            
            
              visit to this favoritePlymouth spot.
            
            
              E.G. Nick's
            
            
              500 Forest St.,
            
            
              Plymouth,
            
            
              (734) 414-6400
            
            
              Finding the patio at E.G. Nick's is
            
            
              easy, just glance down Forest Street,
            
            
              where the crowd is gathered. The out-
            
            
              side dining area is one of the major
            
            
              attractions in town where diners can
            
            
              enjoy a meal without the noise and
            
            
              dust from heavy traffic. The patio is a
            
            
              favorite of regulars who know that
            
            
              there are usually specials, chalked in
            
            
              on the blackboard next to the door.
            
            
              Every week day now, the restaurant
            
            
              has a special offer, sometimes a sand-
            
            
              wich or appetizer, or half-off the price
            
            
              of their homemade pizza.
            
            
              And every Saturday night, E.G.
            
            
              Nick's chefs offer their signature spe-
            
            
              cials which bring crowds from
            
            
              throughout the area to enjoy the
            
            
              American cooking, with a twist. The
            
            
              Chicken Christopher and the Prime
            
            
              Rib have proven very popular as has
            
            
              the fresh fishCioppino.
            
            
              Art isn't limited to the multitude of mediums displayed throughout downtown
            
            
              Plymouth duringArt in the Park.
            
            
              The sculptors, painters, weavers, jewelers, chalk artists and muralists are joined
            
            
              every year by the culinary artists who enhance the environment throughout the com-
            
            
              munity.
            
            
              Experienced visitors to the art festival have learned to plan their route so they are
            
            
              near one of the exceptional restaurants as the lunch or dinner hour arrives. Regular
            
            
              area diners know that these are some of the most "artistic" places in southeastern
            
            
              Michigan to find great food servedwith a flair.
            
            
              Plymouth has developed a reputation as the place to find a great meal, whether
            
            
              diners are in the mood for a sandwich or a fine dining experience. The community
            
            
              offers everything fromsmall plates to amore formal special celebrationmeal.
            
            
              Art in the Park brings artists fromacross the country to Plymouth once a year but
            
            
              the artistry of the chefs in the community brings people backweek afterweek.
            
            
              Here are some of the finest in the area.
            
            
              See
            
            
              Restaurants,
            
            
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